An Inquisition Court. An Unusual Inquiry. Sydney
IN the Supreme Court on Saturday an unusual court of law was held. Mr. Armstrong a barrister, as a special commissioner, held a special form of inquiry known as an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1893
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Coalminers' Strikes in Britain. Anxiety in Wales. Ebbw Vale Surrounded by the Police and Troops. 20,000 Men on Their Way to Merthyr Tydfil
LONDON, Friday.—The extensive strike of miners in South Wales continues. The authorities have now caused the working district of Ebbw…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Court. Domestic Felicity
G. Heeps was summoned by his wife, Maud Heeps, for refusing to obey an order of the Court which was made for 10s per week some months…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, August 21. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.P.) Drunkenness
A. O'NEILL and A. James, two well-known women, were ordered to pay 5s each, or suffer 24 hours in the lookup for having been drunk in…
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BETWEEN 8 and 9 o'clock yesterday morning some excitement was created in Hamilton by the arrest of two men. It is alleged that the men went into the Universal Hotel, in…
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A YOUNG Italian sailor was recently arrested by the Sunderland police at Sunderland who is supposed to be in some way connected with a recent…
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AT Tralee, before Captain Keogh, the Rev. George Griffiths was charged on remand with the wilful murder of his mother at Kilflynn Rectory, on June…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, August 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
JOHN BENNETT, storekeeper, and Henry Chisnell, seaman, were fined 10s and 5s respectively, with the usual alternatives, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, August 22. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Affiliation. Hanlon V. HETHERINGTON
IN this case, Sarah Ann Hanlon, a single girl, charged Archibald Hetherington with failing to support her child, of which he was the father…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, August 23. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Language
GEORGE MAY, labourer, was fined £2, with an option of 14 days' gaol, for having used indecent language. Stealing…
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VIENNA, Wednesday.—Serious rioting has taken place here. The rioters strongly resisted the police, when the latter were endeavouring to quell the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accused at the Police Court
John Pugh, on remand, charged with having been an accessory before the fact of causing the death of Nellie Simmons, and Elizabeth Albert, on remand, charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, August 24. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) Drunkenness
JOHN Cox, 40, labourer, for being incapable on the railway station on the previous morning, was ordered to pay 5s, or suffer 24 hours in the lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suspicious Death of a Woman. a Verdict of Wilful Murder. Sydney
THE inquest concerning the death of the young woman, Winifred Nellie Sims, which took place at Enmore on the 10th instant, was concluded to-day, Mrs. Albert and John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., the Registrar.) Public Examination
John Allen, labourer, bankrupt, was publicly examined. No debts wore proved in the estate, Mr. Readett appearing for the debtor. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Sheep-stealing Case. Sydney
THE Full Court to-day sustained the conviction of a prisoner named Brotherton, who, at the Dubbo Sessions last July, was sentenced for sheep-stealing. Sir William Windeyer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Why Hampton Court Was Deserted
As George II. grew older his temper did not improve, and when irritated by his Ministers or attendants, he would kick his hat or wig about the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, August 25. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunkenness
HENRY C[?]ISWELL, 24, seaman, for having been drunk on the public wharf during the previous evening, was ordered to pay the usual 5s, or suffer 24 hours in the lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Depression in the Police Court
FOR the first time for many years there was no Police Court in this city on Saturday. Mr. Mair, the Police Magistrate, took his seat on the Bench as usual at 10 o'clock, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waratah Police Court. Saturday, August 26. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Cattle-straying
SEVERAL persons pleaded guilty to allowing cattle and horses to stray On the public streets, and were fined as follows:—A. Asher, 5s and 2s 6d costs; A. Convery, 5s and 2s 6d…
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